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Improve the biodiversity of your yard, provide shade, and help protect against erosion-all in a smaller space than you think you need.

The latest residential security systems deploy paintballs, pepper spray, and/or "disorienting fog."

AI Overviews are about to appear in your Google Searches.

The country star and national treasure has been sending books to kids for nearly 30 years.

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Are you ready to play Angry Birds while stuck in the drive-thru?

Gemini is Google's answer to ChatGPT.

Nobody knows why, but iOS 17.5 appears to be restoring deleted files.

"Coming later this year" is code for iOS 18, right?

Set a timer in one place; see it everywhere.

If you have a brick house or chimney, the time will come when it needs to be repointed.

Get a peek into the future of Google's next-generation AI.

If you want more greenery in your space, some houseplants are incredibly easy to propagate.

Being a creator is easier with Google's new AI toolbox.

Use these methods to prevent critters from treating your garden as a buffet.

Android 15 brings some new changes to the ecosystem.

Back to the good old days of the ten blue links.

Tweak your iPhone at the speed of light.

You can get one of Spotify Premium's best features for free.

You don't want to wait until after an accident to find out what your policy does and doesn't cover.

The aughts were longer ago than you think-but oh, so fetch.

People on TikTok believe a lot of dumb crap. But it's cool.

These tools will make every aspect of gardening much easier, and won't cost you a dime.

You can find specific bots for specific jobs.

ChatGPT isn't the only viable chatbot on the market anymore.

For Google, it's all about Gemini-and, subsequently, AI.

More AI on your Android.

There are a few easy tricks to ensure you never make a rubbery meatball again.

You don't need a whole roller rink to get started-just lace up your skates and practice a few things at home.

The effects of identity theft can be immediately, catastrophically obvious-or you may be compromised for years without knowing it.

Want to grow delicious fruit without leaving the house? Here are your best options.

You can pin any window, make it transparent, or minimize it to the tray.

Prepare your precious seedlings for the cold, hard world.

This Swedish cookie has all the best parts of raspberry thumbprints and thick shortbread cookies.

Make the Windows 11 Start menu more useful, or just bring back the classic Start menu.

The lower the interest rate, the more affordable your refinanced mortgage payments will be each month.

Plus, the ruler is back and you can even annotate with emoji.

Find My Device helps you find your missing Android phone or tablet.

All the blooms you see right now were planted last fall, which means you should be taking stock of the garden so you can make a plan for what you'll plant come September.

You may not be surprised to learn it has to do with the Kendrick vs. Drake feud.

You can go for the private option by default.

These simple backyard DIYs can turn your backyard into an outdoor destination.

The giant in American independent cinema was also a gleeful master of schlock.

And more games are coming.

But only if you live in the E.U.

The company even temporarily blocked the game in its home country of Japan.

Rosti is a potato connoisseur's dream-and you only need three ingredients.

From smelling your dryer to peeling wallpaper, these are issues you don't want to ignore.

The case for taking nearly everything you buy out of its original packaging.

Think "Her" (2013).